Recipients from Fresno, Fullerton, Long Beach, Northridge and Pomona
Will Receive $20,000 Each

An internationally recognized playwright, a national leader in mentoring
minorities in the sciences, an international expert on environmental economics,
an educator who uses magic to reach the developmentally disabled, and
the recruiter of more than 350 high school valedictorians and National
Merit scholars have been named as the 2001 recipients of the prestigious
California State University Wang Family Excellence Award. They were selected
from about 60 nominees systemwide.

The Wang (pronounced WONG) award was established in the fall of 1998
when Trustee Stanley T. Wang gave the CSU system $1 million -- the largest
donation ever given to the CSU system by an individual -- to reward outstanding
faculty and administrators. The award is designed to "celebrate those
CSU faculty and administrators who through extraordinary commitment and
dedication have distinguished themselves by exemplary contributions and
achievements in their academic disciplines and areas of assignment." Over
a 10 year-period four faculty and one administrator throughout the CSU
system will receive the $20,000 awards annually. This is the third year
the award has been given.

The 2000/01 recipients are: Edward EmanuEl, professor of theatre arts
at CSU Fresno; Jane Hall, professor of economics at CSU Fullerton; Aubrey
Fine, professor of education at Cal Poly Pomona; Maria Elena Zavala, professor
of biology at CSU Northridge; and Valerie Bordeaux, director of university
outreach and school relations at CSU Long Beach.

"Thousands of CSU faculty throughout the state have dedicated their lives
to teaching students, expanding knowledge and giving service to the community
and their fields of study. The staff at CSU campuses are equally dedicated
to serving students. The selection committee had a tough task to choose
just five, but these individuals are extraordinarily impressive," said
CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed. "Thanks again to Trustee Wang for providing
a way to recognize all they do for students."

EmanuEl, a member of the Fresno State faculty for 31 years, has
written 32 film scripts and more than 100 television, radio, and stage
plays. He has directed Tony Award winners, 119 main stage productions
and received the Edinburgh Fringe First Place Award for the production
of his own play. He has done work for Disney Films and PBS. He developed
a course for non-theatre majors, and since 1975 has taught about 10,000
students in that class.

He was awarded the Fulbright and was one of five in the nation nominated
in 2000 for the Pulitzer Prize for one of his plays, which also won the
David Mark Cohen National Award as the most outstanding play in America,
and thus was produced at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts in Washington. D.C. The same play, "Dr. Sun Yat Sen, In The Mouth
of the Dragon," raised $2 million for the earthquake relief fund of Taiwan.
The recipient of the Distinguished Humanitarian Award by the Ministry
of Education in Taiwan, EmanuEl earned a B.A. and M.A. at San Jose State
University, and a Ph.D. in theatre history at the University of Minnesota.

Zavala, a member of the CSUN faculty since 1988, has received
national and international recognition for her work with minorities in
the sciences. In the past two years, she has received more than $2 million
in grants for programs such as the Minority Biomedical Research Support
Program. She directs that program as well as the Minority Access to Research
Careers Program, and the Bridge to Doctorate Program, which is funded
by the National Institutes of Health. Through these programs she has mentored
125 minority students, who have completion rates of more than 90 percent,
and have gone on to study at institutions such as Cambridge, National
Institutes of Health, and Tufts. Minority students in her programs are
more than nine times more likely to enter Ph.D programs.

The 1993-94 Northridge Outstanding Professor received the 2000 Presidential
Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring
from the White House. She is the first woman president of the Society
for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Sciences. She
has mentored more than 100 science teachers and has written numerous articles
for PBS Online, a K-12 teacher resource. She earned a Ph.D. in botany
from UC Berkeley.

Hall, a member of the faculty at Fullerton for 20 years, is an
internationally recognized expert in environmental economics. She has
secured $1.4 million in grants and has given nearly 30 presentations to
local, national and international policy making groups on the environment.
She has done work for the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Western Governorsí
Association. She is a member of the highest ranking advisory group (the
Science Advisory Board) to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Her
work with the World Bank and U.S. Aid has been featured in the New
York Times, L.A. Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio, and
on all the major TV networks. She is a member of the National Academy
of Science Committee on Air Quality Management in the U.S.

Hall is a campus leader in the honors program and in distance education.
She has served as chair of the economics department and acting dean of
the business school and is chair of the Academic Senate. She is the co-director
of Fullertonís Institute for Economic and Environmental Studies. The author
of more than 50 publications, and the 2000 University Outstanding Professor
at Fullerton, Hall earned a Ph.D. in energy and resources from UC Berkeley.

Fine, a member of the Cal Poly Pomona faculty for 20 years, is
internationally know for his eight books numerous articles and video documentaries
on developmental disabilities and has given more than 70 presentations
throughout the world on topics including service learning, parenting,
literacy and recreation therapy. He was named as 1990 Educator of the
Year by the Learning Disabilities Association of California and was nominated
for that award nationally the following year.

Fine has made service learning a part of all his classes and has created
several programs to connect college students and children with developmental
disabilities. More than 1,000 Cal Poly Pomona students became involved
in service learning through his efforts in just the past three years.
He has received diplomat status in two professional arenas, serves as
the president of the American Association on Mental Retardation (Region
II), and is on the board of the American Academy on Mental Retardation.
He received the Distinguished Leadership Award for Outstanding Service
to Disabled Populations by the American Biographical Institute in 1989.
A talented magician, he uses the therapeutic value of magic to reach youngsters,
which has led to his being featured in television documentaries. He earned
an Ed.D. from the University of Cincinnati.

Bordeaux, who has led CSU Long Beachís outreach efforts since
1988, has recruited more than 350 California high school valedictorians
and National Merit Scholars to the campus through the Presidentís Scholars
Program. The program has received statewide acclaim and provides students
with a full scholarship covering all student fees, books, and housing
for four years. Since the program began in 1995, average SAT scores have
gone up by 60 points. This year, more than 400 California valedictorians
and National Merit Scholars have applied for 70 Presidentís Scholarships.

Bordeaux has initiated several outreach programs, including: annual dinners
and game nights for area high school principals; annual middle school,
high school and community counselor conferences; 49er On-site Admissions,
which annually admits over 500 students; annual leadership conferences
for 3000 middle school student leaders; Career/College Information Night
for 3,500 students and parents and for 150 universities and local business
and industry representatives; and college round-up at CSULB for 3,000
sophomores and juniors. She has also led initiatives in pre-collegiate
academic development, transfer agreements with local community colleges,
and teacher recruitment. She previously worked for several years in various
positions at CSU Fullerton, where she earned a B.A. in public relations
and telecommunications.

Wang, a CSU Trustee since 1994, is founder, president and chief executive
officer of Pantronix Corp., Fremont, Calif. The company, incorporated
in 1974, provides a range of manufacturing services for semiconductor
components, sub systems and modules. Pantronixís consumer base is worldwide
in the medical, aerospace, telecommunications, automotive, instrumentation
and computer industries. The China native also founded Amertron Inc.,
a manufacturing facility in the Philippines, in 1989.

"Great professors and leaders such as these sow the seeds for future
generations of leaders. These individuals all have a strong passion for
helping students learn and providing them with the best education possible,"
said Wang. "My professors taught me to be who I am today. The faculty
recognition award is a way to demonstrate the great respect and deep appreciation
I feel for them as a Trustee and former student. I am a strong believer
that faculty are most important to high-quality education, which is the
door to success and happiness in life."

The Wang Family Excellence Award is administered through the CSU Foundation.
Each campus president annually may nominate one faculty member from each
of the following four categories: visual and performing arts and letters;
natural sciences, mathematical and computer sciences and engineering;
social and behavioral sciences and public services; and education and
the professional and applied science fields. The chancellor and presidents
also may nominate one administrator annually. The recipients will receive
the awards at the May 15-16 CSU Trusteesí meeting in Long Beach.